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'phone

'phone is the dated form of phone.

Meaning of phone

Noun (1)

phone (plural phones)

  1. A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
    • Daragh's on the phone at the moment. He'll call you when he's finished.
  2. (colloquial) A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits.
    • It was a clear black night, a clear white moon / Warren G was on the streets tryin' to consume / Some skirts for the eve so I can get some phones / Rollin' in my ride, chillin' all alone1994, Warren G feat. Nate Dogg Regulate (song)

Noun (2)

phone (plural phones)

  1. A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.

See all 5 meanings of phone

Forms of 'phone

Noun
plural'phones
Verb
third-person singular present'phones
present participle'phoning
past participle'phoned
past'phoned

Phrases with 'phone

Questions about 'phone

What is 'phone the dated form of?
'phone is the dated form of phone.

Words near 'phone in the dictionary

  1. 'pataphysics
  2. 'pedia
  3. 'Phags-pa
  4. 'phobe
  5. 'phobes
  6. 'phone
  7. 'phone number
  8. 'phone numbers
  9. 'phoned
  10. 'phones
  11. 'phoning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'phone (page history and authors); phone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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